Synonyms for abbey
ˈæb iabbey

Princeton's WordNet

1. abbeynoun

   a church associated with a monastery or convent

2. abbeynoun

   a convent ruled by an abbess

3. abbeynoun

   a monastery ruled by an abbot

Matched Categories

1. • Church
   • Convent
   • Monastery

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1. abbeynoun

   Synonyms:
   monastery, convent, cloister, priory, nunnery

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1. List of paraphrases for "abbey":

   convent, abi, ebay, gabby, ubay, nunnery, abe

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1. Bill Conner:

   Abbey is alive inside of him — it’s her heart having him stand up straight.

2. Jim Carter:

   The( concept) is that Lord Grantham has asked Lord Grantham to reminisce about Lord Grantham time at Downton Abbey, so Lord Grantham goes back and we talk about the loves, the lives, the disasters, the tragedies, the fun of the whole six series, which is linked together by the music.

3. Frank Hargrave:

   An investigation in 1522 suggested that he was corrupt with stories that he had fathered a son ‘with a club foot’ within the local community although these kinds of stories were often fabricated by Henry’s commissioners as they were encouraged to dig up as much dirt as they could, probably to help the dangerous situation in the northwest, a local aristocrat, Sir William Brereton managed to have the Abbot’s death sentence cancelled and he and his canons were pensioned off with the closure of Norton Abbey.

4. Staff Chairman Mark Milley:

   [My father] didn’t get a choice to resign,” Milley said. “Those kids there at Abbey Gate, they don’t get a choice to resign,” Milley said, referring to the 13 American service members who died during the evacuation from Kabul in late August when an ISIS-K suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest. “They can't resign so I'm not going to resign. There's no way.”

5. Aaron Schock:

   I think a receptionist just said that to the guy from the Post and he sort of ran with it. I designed the space and Downton Abbey didn't have anything to do with it, however it's a great show!